At the western extremity of Lake Superior, the Kenspeckle Letterpress makes its home in Duluth, Minnesota (The Paris of the North). Kenspeckle is a Scottish word meaning easily recognisible or distinctive, and can be applied both to this unique corner of the globe and to the quaint conceits of modern design, which Rick Allen and Marian Lansky produce in their cast iron and digital farefactory.

Rick works back in the 19th Century, printing his wood engravings and linocuts in small editions using multiple blocks and hand coloring, whilst over in the 21 Century, Marian prepares limited edition giclees of Rick’s prints as well as her own.

Canelake lives and works in Knife River, Minnesota, a small fishing village on the northshore of Lake Superior. She grew up on the Iron Range in Virginia, Minn., where her father ran a handmade candy shop. She presently dips chocolates in Knife River and works at painting and printmaking in her two small, renovated buildings, which face the scenic North Shore highway and Lake Superior. Her rural studio informs her practice immensely and her work often spills out into a large yard where she can stretch canvases outdoors or bring canvases to dry in the northeast winds. Canelake has received two McKnight awards, three Minnesota State Arts Board Grants, Public Art Commissions, and Arrowhead Regional Arts awards. She has participated in over eight national and international artist residencies, including Yaddo and MacDowell Colonies. She taught Media Arts at Highland Park Senior High School in St. Paul, Minn., as well as visual art and art history courses at Lake Superior College, Fond du Lac Community College, and Itasca Community College.

Web: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Patricia-Canelake-Artist-Page-305741219454399/about/?ref=page_internal

My understanding and affection for our natural world keeps me creating works of art reflective of the elements that make up its physical nature as well as the spirit that keeps it alive. Drawing and painting the Landscape creates a unique experience for me, I become attuned to its wisdom while observing and deciphering its characteristics. It is always my hope that a better understanding and greater appreciation be created among those who recognize the beauty and power of nature. It is my mission through my art to stir a desire towards living a partnership with earth, to insure the health and wellbeing of our planet (our mother earth) for this generation and all that follow.

Web: http://karensavageblue.com/